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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman: War and Peace set in the 20th Century

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--> “Stalingrad” by Vasily Grossman opens with the sentence: “On 29 April 1942 Benito Mussolini’s train pulled into ...
Monday, July 8, 2019

Old Soldier: New Ignition

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I just finished walking two miles because I rented a car with a pushbutton ignition--and I dropped the key! I rented a 2019 Mitsubishi...
Friday, July 5, 2019

Tank Cannon Splits Turret in Half Every Time We Fire

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Every time a gunner pulls his trigger in a tank and fires the main gun, the turret is split in  half as the gun recoils--stopping just a ...
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Saturday, June 29, 2019

Evolution: Israelis and American Jews Grow Apart

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Moshe Dayan and Ariel Sharon   in the Sinai during the Six-Day War in 1967 I love Evolution. Not only is it one of the most bril...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Digging Up My Cold War Past: Moving Day Soon

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We are moving to a new house next month. Our six kids are in or through college so six bedrooms is more than we need.  As we cleaned the ...
Saturday, June 15, 2019

Grandpa Hyman: My Favorite Draft Dodger

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My grandfather Hyman Gussman dodged the draft.  He was 44 years old at the time and in Odessa, a Black Sea port in Tsarist Russia.  It was ...
Saturday, June 8, 2019

Nuts About Cycling: The Next Call After a Broken Collarbone

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My collarbone after I crashed Twenty-five years ago, in 1994, I decided to get a vasectomy, but it was spring an...